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FIG, 109.—BEECH AT NEWBATTLE ABBEY, NEAR EDINBURGH: 
peridum), wo SE, the nyah, we several 
no Oranges Mrs oy The insects have been 
i ipara a partition ~ of Oranges is 
augmenting. It is alzati that the crop of 1868 
ielded 6,430, nges: A certain amount of fruit 
is annually sent to the English market, bat i s 
il, in Terceira, aciosa 
quantities of grain are despatched to ugal. 
Attention has ars bee atat in St. 
Michael’s his re c _th le. The 
lav ing Biia rec A is as superi of foreign 
growth gen neal © ensar eO o pt a large scale are 
being Seog 1872, 40,000 ts were in 
pian 
el on. ry 2 st experiment was likewise t made in 
thes ar 
witch y eeded on account x their good quality, 
ra Ta Pab being especially superior in flavour. 
A So SE BEECH TREE. 
THE accompanying cn cae Op 109) is taken 
from a age SE of a very remarkable Beech tree, 
which stands in the pleasure amn s at Tewbape 
DOT, the seat of the Marquis of see near Edin 
burg eh to be the est tree of its 
in 
over until they reach the ground, when 
many of them assume an upright growth, Its prin- | is not to be wondered pe as compilers of e 
cipal limbs are straight and clean growths = immense am oe generally men who have travelled, but 
proportions, and its lowest branches are such a tter ee bes ise that some of our travelled botanists 
height from the ground that a carriage and alf might | haŭ ve no margi karere the error. [The 
al be driven under , and be entirely hidden | even is about that which the afta attain in our 
from sight by its ample foliage. Its exact age we | Botanic Gardens Perhaps they are, like myself, 
have been unable to anan büt it is believed to have apati arginal correction in their own 
been planted in thé s nth century ; however | copies, or sachet. they as not seen the tho 
that may be it som the “King ” and f acres there are under cultivation to the ni 
snc en’ t Ashridge; the seat of Lord | south á y are ery recent date. 
being tel in He rfordshire as the most noble trio in | The land plant as been reclaimed from the B 
Great Britain. The r, howe "o are of a different ai = at no very distant date, and is pure sea 
and distinct eater, kaving ot aight and branchless | sa h good fre ee water at a depth of about 
trunks of large size to a great height. The subject of | 10 feet ko the surfa 
ur illustration stands a bottom of the flower- I am inclined to di e fe om your roy meno as 
garden at Ne Abbey, and though it is asso- | tothe Casuarin being a surface feeder. As e parts 
ciated with other handsome specimens o , and | of this vast tract of sand has what Scotch i farmers 
egos of Stas ae ait in the park, it is justly shown | call a pan, or stratum of hard subsoil which no roots 
s pre-eminent by its noble owner and by his worthy an pen the tre e rom 
gardener, Mr. McLe a. 3 to 4 feet high and as many through, unless the 
ioe Correspondence. 
oe. ee Society’s GARD 
N, 
AD — Lhe Casuarina,—In answer to Sanity cor- 
se ) W. T. P.,” p. 274, allow me to say bet 
asuarina equisetifolia or C. muricata, is a lar 
tree; attaining to the height of from 100 to 150 yi 
E er is t a nati the ea 
Islands; while the latter is a native of India. I 
question if they are different. e ined trees 
co to be different, but can no difference. 
Ww, » has evi y put the question because 
icti ies give the from 12 tor 18 feet. ae 
what he was about when planting, and 
broke through this stratum, which is about 2 feet 
the surface and 1 Pa thick. This is conclusive that 
the tree is no ore de 
but used either by th 
iac on owing tar bo its Siste bility 
of the atmosphere, When heavily 
to the iii 
